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  • 111actuality — (n.) late 14c., power, efficacy, from O.Fr. actualite and directly from M.L. actualitatem (nom. actualitas), from L.L. actualis (see ACTUAL (Cf. actual)). A Latin loan translation of Gk. energeia. Meaning state of being real is from 1670s… …

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  • 112existent — ex•ist•ent [[t]ɪgˈzɪs tənt[/t]] adj. 1) existing; having existence 2) now existing • Etymology: 1555–65; < L …

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  • 113actual — /ˈæktʃuəl / (say akchoohuhl) adjective 1. existing in act or fact; real. 2. now existing; present: the actual position of the moon. 3. Obsolete exhibited in action. {Late Latin actuālis active, practical; replacing Middle English actuel, from Old …

  • 114existent — /əgˈzɪstənt/ (say uhg zistuhnt), /ɛg / (say eg ), /ɪg / (say ig ) adjective 1. existing; having existence. 2. now existing. –noun 3. someone or something that exists …

  • 115ac´tu|al|ness — ac|tu|al «AK chu uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. existing as a fact; real: »What he told us was not a dream but an actual happening. SYNONYM(S): true, genuine. See syn. under real1. (Cf. ↑real) 2. now existing; present: » …

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  • 116ac|tu|al — «AK chu uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. existing as a fact; real: »What he told us was not a dream but an actual happening. SYNONYM(S): true, genuine. See syn. under real1. (Cf. ↑real) 2. now existing; present: » …

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  • 117ex|ist|ent — «ehg ZIHS tuhnt», adjective. 1. that exists; existing. 2. now existing; of the present time. SYNONYM(S): current …

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  • 118Present — Pres ent, a. [F. pr[ e]sent, L. praesens, entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See {Essence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain contemplated …

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  • 119Present tense — Present Pres ent, a. [F. pr[ e]sent, L. praesens, entis, that is before one, in sight or at hand, p. p. of praeesse to be before; prae before + esse to be. See {Essence}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Being at hand, within reach or call, within certain… …

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  • 120Lysander Spooner — (19 January 1808ndash 14 May 1887) was a libertarian, [libertarianism. (2008). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 12, 2008, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 234237] individualist anarchist,… …

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